Worldwide mobile PC shipments will see growth in 2009

According to Gartner; the numbers for the worldwide mobile PC shipments(mini-notebook + other mobile PC shipments excluding mini-notebooks) this year are:

Predicted number of worldwide mobile PC shipments in 2009:____155.6 million units or 15.56 crore

Number of worldwide mobile PC shipments in 2008:___________142.8 million units or 14.28 crore

Growth:_____________9 percent

The growth will majorly come from the growth in mini-notebook shipments.


Detailed numbers:

Predicted number of worldwide mini-notebook shipments in 2009:____ 21 million units
Number of worldwide mini-notebook shipments in 2008:___________ 11.7 million units
Growth:__________________________________________________ 79 percent


Predicted number of worldwide other mobile PC shipments excluding mini-notebooks in 2009:____ 134.6 million units
Number of worldwide other mobile PC shipments excluding mini-notebooks in 2008:___________ 131.1 million units
Growth:__________________________________________________ 2.7 percent
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